Standard tuning; EADGBE

Verse;
         C (x32010@1)                          BmHe (x24432@1)was a very special warm and gentle person
            C (x32010@1)                             Bmwho (x24432@1)put the music in the world and spoke in rhyme
       C (x32010@1)                          Bmand (x24432@1)it hurts me that I never really knew him
              C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)'cause all it would have taken was some time
 
             C (x32010@1)                             Bm (x24432@1)you know he always seemed to be there when I stumbled
             C (x32010@1)                           Bmand (x24432@1)when mountains got too steep for me to climb
       C (x32010@1)                          Bmand (x24432@1)it tears me up to think I never touched him
              C (x32010@1)                       G'cause (320003@1)all it would have taken was some time

Chorus;

EmWell, (022000@1)ain't that just the way that life goes
Bmdown, (x24432@1)down, down, down
C (x32010@1)                             Gmovin' (320003@1)way too fast or much too slow
Emgettin' (022000@1)up, gettin' high, gettin' down
        Bmgettin' (x24432@1)no, no, nowhere
        C (x32010@1)                           Gbut (320003@1)not gettin' into someone I should know

Same as verse before;

Now he's in another place and I can't reach him
and I feel as though I'm guilty of a crime
I took all he had to give and gave him nothin'
and all it would have taken was some time

Chorus x 2
        EmGettin' (022000@1)up gettin' high, gettin' down,
        Bmgettin' (x24432@1)no, no, nowhere repeat (3X then fade out)